Using a
Landform
Map
OHIO
WEST
VIRGINIA
You are looking
at a landform map.
KENTUCKY
This map shows
where landforms
and bodies of water
are in Virginia.
TENNESSEE
Use the map to
answer the questions.
1. What does the symbol
mean?
2. What is the symbol for plains?
3. Find the James River.
Name the landforms it flows across.
4. Are mountains in the east or
the west part of Virginia?
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Potom
a
c
v
Ri
er
MARYLAND
DELAWARE
VIRGINIA
Ja
m es
Riv er
Richmond
Smith
Mountain
Lake
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH
CAROLINA
Atlantic
Ocean
Map Key
State capital
State border
Mountains
Hills
Plains
Lake
River
N
W
E
S
5. What body of water is
to the east of Virginia?
6. What kind of land is near
the capital of Virginia?
7. What river forms part of the border
between Virginia and Maryland?
8. In which part of Virginia do you
think there are more farms?
Why?
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Answers
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1. hills
2. green
3. plains, hills, mountains
4. west
5. Atlantic Ocean
6. plains
7. Potomac River
8. Answers will vary.
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